Paternal Family Tree: Capet
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria 1342-1386
1385 Double Marriage of the Burgundian Court
1407 Murder of Louis of Orléans
1416 Meeting of Henry V and the Duke of Burgundy
1419 Murder of John the Fearless
1420 Marriage of Henry V and Catherine of Valois
1430 Capture of Joan of Arc at the Siege of Compiègne
1433 John Duke of Bedford marries Jacquetta Luxemburg
1452 Battle of Bazel aka Rupelmonde
On 12th April 1385 a double wedding of the Burgundian Court was celebrated with two sets of siblings:
[his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 13] and [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 48] and [his grandmother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 43]. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 43] and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy [aged 37]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
[his uncle] William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 20] and [his aunt] Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. He the son of Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria and Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Life Charles VI by a Monk of St Denis [~1420]. [July 1396]. In the month of July, the venerable Duchess of Orléans [aged 25] gave birth to a son [[his future brother-in-law] Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus] for her lord the duke [aged 24], whom Duke Philip of Burgundy, the king's uncle, raised from the sacred font and named with his own name.
Mense jullio, Aurelianensis venerabilis ducissa domino duci viro suo peperit filium, quem dux Burgundie Philippus, regis patruus, de sacro fonte levavit, et eum suo nomine appellavit.
On 31st July 1396 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy was born to John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 25] and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 33]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.
On 27th April 1404 [his grandfather] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 62] died. His son [his father] John [aged 32] succeeded Duke Burgundy. [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Burgundy.
On 28th January 1405 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 8] and Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 36] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 42]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1406 Charles Valois Duke Orléans [aged 11] and [his sister-in-law] Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [aged 16] were married at Compiègne, Oise. She by marriage Duchess Orléans. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 37] and [his mother-in-law] Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 36]. He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 33] and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans [aged 35]. They were first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 23rd November 1407 Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 35] was murdered on the orders of [his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 36] at Paris [Map]. His son Charles [aged 12] succeeded Duke Orléans.
In 1408 [his future brother-in-law] Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus [aged 11] was created Count Vertus. [his sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 17] by marriage Countess Vertus.
In 1410 [his brother-in-law] Philip Valois Orléans Count Vertus [aged 13] and [his sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 38] and [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 47]. He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 20th June 1413 [his uncle] Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 23] and [his future wife] Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 17] were married at Beaumont en Artois. She by marriage Countess Nevers. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and [his future mother-in-law] Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 38]. He the son of [his grandfather] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and [his grandmother] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1414 [his sister] Catherine Valois Countess Vertus [aged 23] died at Ghent [Map].
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Before 23rd February 1416 [his brother-in-law] Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves [aged 42] and [his sister] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 44] and [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 53]. He the son of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark [aged 66]. They were half third cousin twice removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. June 1416. And the [his father] Duke of Burgayne [aged 45] and the Counte of Charlys [aged 19] son come to Gravelynge; and the King [aged 29] sende thedyr the Duke of Glouceter [aged 25] his brother and the Erle of Marche [aged 24] to abyde there in ostage, wylys that the Duke of Burgayne come to Calys to speke with the King; and in the myddys of the ryver the lordys mette togedyr. And the dukys sone of Burgayn ressayvyd our lordys and led them in to Fraunce, and the Erle of Warwyke [aged 34] ressayvyd the Duke of Burgayne ande brought him to Calys, and there they hadde a conselle twyne them two; and thenne he toke his leve of the kyng. And the Erle of Warwyke brought him unto Gravelyng water and in to the same place there as they mette at the first metynge; and there every party toke her leve of othyr. And thenne the King retornyd ayenne into Inglonde and the emperoure saylyde unto Holande and so passyd forthe in to Constaunce.
Note 22. Sigismund [aged 48].
In 1417 [his brother-in-law] Adolph de la Marck I Duke Cleves [aged 43] was created I Duke Cleves. [his sister] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Cleves.
On 10th September 1419 [his brother-in-law] Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 16] and [his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 48] met on the bridge at Montereau to progress their peace negotiations. During the course of the discussions John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy was assassinated. His son Philip [aged 23] succeeded III Duke Burgundy. [his wife] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Burgundy.
Around 1420 [his son] Cornille Bastard of Burgundy was born to Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 23] and Catharine Schaers.
On 2nd June 1420 Henry V [aged 33] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine of Valois [aged 18] were married at Troyes Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 51] and [his mother-in-law] Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 50]. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1421 [his son] Antoine "Bastard of Burgundy" was born to Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 24] and Jeanne de Presles [aged 21].
In 1421 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 24] was appointed 140th Knight of the Garter by King Henry V of England [aged 34].
On 22nd March 1421 the [his brother-in-law] Dauphin's [aged 18] French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan [aged 40] and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux [aged 41] fought. William Douglas [aged 37] was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 18], Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 44], Thomas Beaufort Count Perche [aged 16] and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 26] were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 33] was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley [aged 38] was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 24] was killed in battle. His brother Thomas [aged 13] succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros [aged 23], and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 37] was killed in battle. His son Henry [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
Polydore Vergil [1470-1555]. 1422. 4. In that selfsame year, which was the year of human salvation 1422 and the first of Henry's reign, Duke Humphrey of Gloucester [aged 31] married Princess Jacobina of Bavaria [aged 20], who had been married to Duke John of Brabant [aged 18], still alive. This caused men great astonishment, because, contrary to right and law, Gloucester wished to marry another man's wife. But for Gloucester marriage with a wealthy woman counted for more than astonishment or talk. And Dukes [his future brother-in-law] John of Bedford [aged 32], Philippe of Burgundy [aged 25], and John of Britanny [aged 32] met at Amiens and renewed their treaty, with the added conditions that they would each fight to defend the others, and all of them would fight to defend King Henry and keep him from harm, and this treaty was strengthened by a new kinship, with Burgundy's sister Anne [aged 17] being bestowed on Bedford, who was unmarried at the time. When the meeting broke up, he took her to Troyes [Map] and they celebrated a very splendid marriage, and then he returned to Paris. Meanwhile some citizens who lived under English rule unwillingly, seeing that Bedford was far away, decided to take Charles [aged 18] into the city. Thinking that such an advantage should not be ignored, they advised Charles of their plan and announced a day on which he should come to the gates. This scheme made no headway, but rather was the ruin of its authors. Bedford came in time, and quicker than the conspirators had expected, and, learning of the conspiracy, he executed those he discovered to be participants therein. After these things, learning from this episode the true disposition of the burghers, with skill and care the duke began to fortify the city, station watches, anticipate French schemes, wishing nothing on his part to be left undone, thinking nothing on their part to be trustworthy.
On 22nd April 1422 [his brother-in-law] Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 19] and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 40]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 53] and [his mother-in-law] Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 52]. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 8th July 1422 [his wife] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 27] died.
On 23rd January 1423 [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 60] died.
On 13th May 1423 [his brother-in-law] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 33] and [his sister] Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 18] were married at Troyes, France [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Bedford She the daughter of [his father] John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and [his mother] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 30th November 1424 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 28] and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 49]. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 17th September 1425 [his wife] Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 29] died.
In 1426 [his daughter] Marie of Burgundy was born to Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 29].
On 7th January 1430 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Duchess Burgundy. She the daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 78] and Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 23rd May 1430 Joan of Arc [aged 18] was captured during the Siege of Compiègne. John Luxembourg II Count Ligny [aged 38] commanded the rear-guard. Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] fought.
On 13th November 1432 [his sister] Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford [aged 28] died at the Hôtel de Bourbon, Paris. She was buried at the Couvent des Célestins. In 1847 bones and other remains, with a plaque bearing her name, were found during archeological exploration of the Couvent, were identified as being those of Anne. In 1853, these remains were re-buried in the grave of her grandfather, Philip the Bold, in Saint Bégnine cathedral in Dijon. Her husband [his brother-in-law] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 43] remarried Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford [aged 17] six months later.
On 20th January 1433 John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 37] and [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter [aged 51] were married. She by marriage Duchess Exeter. She the illegitmate daughter of [his father-in-law] King John I of Portugal [aged 81] and Ines Peres. He the son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. They were half fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 22nd April 1433 [his former brother-in-law] John Duke Bedford [aged 43] and Jacquetta Luxemburg [aged 18] were married at Thérouanne [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol [aged 43] and Margherita Baux [aged 39]. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were half fifth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
The marriage caused a rift with Philip "Good" Duke Burgundy [aged 36], John's late wife's brother, who regarded the marriage, some five months after his sister's death, an insult to her memory. There was no issue from the marriage with John dying a year and a half later.
On 14th August 1433 [his father-in-law] King John I of Portugal [aged 81] died at Lisbon [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Edward [aged 41] succeeded I King Portugal.
On 10th November 1433 [his son] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy was born to Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 37] and [his wife] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 36]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1. 19th May 1440 his third cousin Catherine Valois, daughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France 2. 30th October 1454 his first cousin Isabella Bourbon, daughter of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon, and had issue 3. 3rd July 1468 his half second cousin Margaret of York Duchess of Burgundy, daughter of Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York and Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1436. And that same year the Mayre of London sende, by the goode a-vyse and consent of craftys, sent sowdyers to Calys [Map], for it was said that the Duke of Burgone [aged 39] lay sege unto Calis. And soo he dyd son aftyr, as ye shalle hyre here after. And at the Parlyment be-fore it was ordaynyde that the Duke of Yorke [aged 24] shulde in to Fraunce with certayne lordys with him in stede of the Eegaunt. And whythe him went the Erle of Salysbury [aged 36]. Ande the Erle of Mortayne [aged 30] wente to Calys [Map] son aftyr Estyr.
And the xiiij day aftyr he made a roode in to Flaunders, and he slowe and toke xv c [1500] of Flemmyngys, and many bestys; the nombyr is more thenne I canne certaynely reherse. And a-non aftyr the Duke of Burgone layde his sege unto Calys whythe a strong ordynaunce and a mighty, with xl M [40000] men and moo. And they made grete bulworkys, and grete bastylys, and strong forty fycacy on.
Chronicle of Gregory. 12th July 1436. Ande xij day of Juylle the Erle of Mortayne [aged 30], the lord Camyse, whythe othyr moo knyghtes and squyers went out whythe a goodely mayny unto the Bastyle, and wanne it manfully, and sette it a fyre; and in that same Bastyle was v. C. [500] men of armys, of the whyche v. c. [500] schapyd not a way the nombyr of xij [12] men, as letters made mencyon that were sente into Ingelonde. Ande a-non the Duke of Burgone [aged 39] with alle his oste fledde cowardely; and he lefte the moste parte of his stoffe and ordynance be hynde, for he hadde haste in his fleynge; for there were lefte many grete gonnys, and many of othyr ordynaunce, why the moche vytayle of flesehe, flowre, wyne, bere, and a grete nomber of barellys whythe botyr, &c.
On 13th September 1438 [his brother-in-law] Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal [aged 46] died. His son Alfonso [aged 6] succeeded V King Portugal.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 25th October 1439 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter [aged 57] died.
On 19th May 1440 Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 6] and Catherine Valois [aged 11] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 37] and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 43] and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 43]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. On the 16th day of June, in that same year 1452, Philip, Duke of Burgundy [aged 55], departed from Rupelmonde with all his forces to go and fight the Ghenters. Before setting out, he arranged his army in three divisions: The vanguard, led by the Count of Saint-Pol, with his two brothers, Cornille, the duke's bastard son, the lord of Saneuses, Sir Jacques de Lallaing, and others. The main battle, led by the duke himself, accompanied by his son and his knights and barons, along with part of the Picards. The rearguard, led by the Count of Étampes, with John, Duke of Cleves, and many others, both Picards and Germans. These three divisions marched close together. They advanced toward Waasel, where the Ghenters, numerous, proud, and confident, awaited them behind a strong bulwark well furnished with artillery. On each engine was written the name of the guild of Ghent that had provided it. The duke, experienced in war, judged that if the enemy saw his full strength at once, they would not leave their fortifications. Therefore, he sent forward scouts with orders to feign flight if the Ghenters advanced, so as to draw them out of their defences. When the scouts appeared, some Ghenters came out eagerly to attack them. The scouts fled as instructed. Believing the whole Burgundian army was retreating, the Ghenters left their strongholds in good order and advanced in battle formation. Once informed, the duke ordered his men, archers and men-at-arms, to dismount, except for a few, and both armies advanced toward each other. When they came within range, they began to fire: The Picards shot arrows at the Ghenters. The Ghenters responded with culverins and small cannons. But the Ghenters were quickly overwhelmed by the hail of arrows and could no longer endure it; they broke and fled. The duke's men-at-arms charged after them, pursuing and killing them in great numbers. During this pursuit, Cornille [aged 32], the duke's bastard son and captain of Luxembourg, was struck by chance by a Ghenter with a pike in the throat, he wore no gorget, and died immediately. When the duke's men saw him slain, they avenged him fiercely, killing so many Ghenters that the dead were said to number twenty-five thousand or more. Those who escaped fled as far as the strong village of Acres, still pursued by the duke's forces. In this battle, Sir Jacques de Lallaing distinguished himself greatly by his valour. After the victory, the duke gathered his army and thanked God, though he mourned deeply the death of his son Cornille, rightly so, for he was a brave, courteous, and valiant knight, beloved wherever he went. The duke had Cornille's body carried to Brussels, where he was buried at Saint Nicholas [Map] with great ceremony, at which the duke himself was present. Afterwards, he returned with his army and had all the captured artillery brought to Brussels.
LE XVJe jour de juing, audit an lij, se partist Philippe, duc de Bourgogne, de Rippelmonde, et touts ses gens avecq lui pour aller combattre les Gantois; mais au departir il ordonna trois batailles; la premiere bataille, que on appelle avant garde, mena le comte de St Pol, avecq lui ses deux freres et Cornille, bastard dudit duc, le S de Saneuses et messire Jacques de Lallaing et aultres chevalliers et escuyers et archiers; la seconde bataille, que on appelle la bataille, mena le duc de Bourgogne; avecq lui son fils et touts ses chevalliers et barons accompagniés d'une partie des Picards; la tierche bataille, que on appelle arriere garde, menoit le comte d'Estampes, avecq lui Mr Jehan, duc de Clefves, et plusieurs aultres, tant chevalliers et escuyers picards que allemands; entre lesquelles trois batailles n'y avoit guerres de distance de l'une a l'aultre. Après ce que ledit duc de Bourgogne olt ainsi mis ses gens en ordonnance, sy s'en alla vers Waselle, ou estoient ses ennemys les Gantois, en grand nombre, fiers et orgueilleux, et lesquels ne craindoient lors le duc leur seigneur et maitre ne toute sa puissance; lesquels Gantois avoient fait ung moult fort boullovert et fort garny d'engins, et avoit en escript sur chacun engin lequel mestier de Gand les avoit envoyé. Le duc, qui estoit ung valliant et hardy chevallier et moult duict et stillé en armes, combien l'avoit monstré en son temps, s'appensa bien que sy les Gantois veoioient de prime face toute sa grande puissance, qu'ils ne vuideroient point de leurs forts, parquoy il envoya aulcuns courriers et gens de guerre devant, et leur dict que si veoyent les Gantois, qui estoient fiers et orgueilleux en ordonnance, pour vuider et venir a bataille contre lui, qu'ils feissent signe de fuire, tant que les Gantois seroient vuidés de leurs forts et boulloverts; lesquels courreurs se partirent, et le duc et ses gens en belle ordonnance les suivoient près tellement que les Gantois ne pooient veoir que la premiere bataille. Les courreurs chevaulcherent tant qu'ils vindrent devant Waselle. Aulcuns Gantois, sitost qu'ils les veirent, vuiderent et feirent de leur volloir courre sus; lors les courreurs s'enffuirent comme le duc avoit commandé. Quant les Gantois veirent ainsy fuire les courreurs, cuidants que tout l'ost du duc se deubt enffuire, saillirent hors et vuiderent de leurs boulloverts et forts en belle ordonnance et rengiés en bataille pour courrir sus au duc leur seigneur, et commencherent a marcher vers l'ost du duc. Quant les courreurs veirent ce, sy vindrent au duc et lui certiffierent que les Gantois estoient et venoient en bataille contre lui; lors feit le duc touts ses gens descendre a pied, archiers et hommes d'armes, reservés aulcuns hommes d'armes; et ainsy en belle ordonnance les deux osts commencherent a approcher l'ung de l'aultre; sitost qu'ils feurent près, sy commencherent a tirer les Picards sur les Gantois, et les Gantois sur les Picards, de coullevrines et crapaudaulx, mais les Gantois feurent prestement sy lardés des traicts des Picards, qu'ils ne pooient plus souffrir, ains se meirent en fuite; lors les hommes d'armes du duc se ferrirent entre eulx, les cachant et tuant, et en celle cache y olt ung valliant et hardy chevallier nommé Cornille, fils bastard du duc Philippe de Bourgogne, capitaine de Luxembourg, lequel en cachant et tuant lesdits Gantois, fust ferru d'advanture d'ung Gantois, d'une picque au hastrel, et n'avoit point ledit Cornille de gorgerin, duquel coup il mourut prestement. Quant les gens du duc veirent le chevallier mort, sy le vengerent fierrement, car ils occirent tant de Gantois, qu'on nombre les morts des Gantois jusqu'a xxv ou plus; ceulx des Gantois qui poeulrent eschapper, feirent tant par fuire, qu'ils vindrent a Acres, ung très gros et fort villaige, lequel estoit très bien boulloverequié; et jusques audit Acres, les suivirent touts tuants les gens du duc de Bourgogne. En ceste bataille se porta moult valliamment messire Jacques de Lallaing, chevallier. Après ceste bataille le duc rassembla ses gens et loua Dieu de la victoire qu'il lui avoit donnée, sans que de ses gens feussent morts, synon son fils bastard, duquel il fust moult dolent; et a la verité ce n'estoit point sans raison, car ledit Cornille estoit preulx, courtois et valliant chevallier, et sy estoit aimé en touts lieux ou il repparoit. Le duc fit porter le corps dudit Cornille a Bruxelles et enterrer a St Nicolay, et y fit faire un riche moult serviche, auquel lui mesme y fust, puis retourna avecq ses gens, et feit mener touts les engins qu'il avoit conquis sur lesdits Gantois en la ville de Bruxelles.
On 30th October 1454 Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 20] and Isabella Bourbon [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 53] and Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon [aged 47]. He the son of Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 58] and Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 57]. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. 12th October 1459. Ande this same year there was a grete afray at Lodlowe by twyne the King [aged 37] and the Duke of Yorke [aged 48], the Erle of Salusbury [aged 59], the Erle of Warwyke [aged 30], the Erle of Marche [aged 17]. The Duke of Yorke lete make a grete depe dyche and fortefyde it with gonnys, cartys, and stakys, but his party was ovyr weke, for the kyng was mo then XXxM [Note. 3000] of harneysyd men, by-syde nakyd men that were compellyd for to come with the King. And thenne the duke fledde fro place to place in Walys, and breke downe the bryggys aftyr him that the kyngys mayny schulde not come aftyr hym. And he wente unto Monde. And there he taryd tylle the jornay was endyd at Northehampton. And he made newe grotys of a newe kune in Irlonde; in on syde of the grote was a crowne and in that othyr syde a crosse. And there he made many newe statutys, and his yong sonys [George York 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 9] and King Richard III of England [aged 7]] were sende by yende the see unto the Duke of Burgayne [aged 63].
On 30th October 1466 [his sister] Marie Valois Duchess Cleves [aged 73] died.
Memoires Jacques du Clercq. On the 12th day of June, in the year of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ 1467, on a Friday evening, in the town of Bruges, Philip, Duke of Burgundy [aged 70], was seized by an illness, which came upon him with vomiting, from which he died on the following Monday, the 15th day of that month, between nine and ten o'clock at night, and thus ended his final day. On the Sunday before his death, word was hastily brought to the Count of Charolais, who was at Ghent, that his father was gravely ill. Upon hearing the news, the count immediately mounted his horse, departed from Ghent, and rode to Bruges, and it seemed everywhere he passed that his horse would have split the paving stones with its hooves, so hastily did he ride, and no more than four or five knights were able to follow him. He arrived on Monday around midday at Bruges, and dismounted at his father's lodging, to whom he went at once. His father had already lost the power of speech. The count threw himself on his knees before him, weeping tenderly, asking for his blessing, and that if he had done anything to offend him, he would forgive him. Near the duke stood his confessor, a bishop, who earnestly urged and prayed him that, if he still had understanding, he would show it, and that at least, if he could not speak, he should make some sign. In response to this exhortation, and to the pleas and prayers of his son, he turned his eyes toward his son and looked at him, and stretched out his hand, which he placed upon his son's, and he could make no other sign. The count, his son, remained beside him until he gave up his soul and expired.
LE XIJe jour de juing, en l'an de l'incarnation de nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ, mil iiija soixante sept, par un venderdy au soir, en la ville de Bruges, prist a Philippe, duc de Bourgogne, une maladie, laquelle lui prist par vomir, de laquelle le lundy ensuivant xve jour dudit mois, entre neuf et dix heures du vespres, il mourut et cloist son dernier jour: le dimanche avant sa mort on alla hastivement dire au comte de Charollois, lequel estoit a Gand, comment son pere estoit griefvement malade, lequel comte, la nouvelle oye, prestement monta a cheval et se partist de Gand et alla a Bruges, et sembloit partout ou il passoit qu'il deuist faire fendre des pieds de son cheval les quarreaux, tant hastivement chevauchoit, et n'y en eut que quatre ou cinq chevalliers qui le peurent suivir; il arriva le lundy environ midy a Bruges, et descendit a l'hostel de son pere, devers lequel prestement il alla, lequel son pere avoit ja perdu la parolle: le comte se jetta devant son pere a genoulx, tenrement plourant, lui requerrant sa benediction, et que s'aucune chose lui avoit meffait qu'il lui pardonnast; au plus près du duc estoit son confesseur evesque, lequel l'admonesta et pria moult, que s'il avoit encoires entendement qu'il le monstrat, et que au moins s'il ne pooit parler, qu'il feit aulcun signe; a laquelle admonestation, voeulx et prieres de son fils, il retourna ses yeux sur sondit fils, et le regarda, et lui esteindit la main, laquelle il avoit mis sur la sienne, et aultre signe ne lui peut faire ne feit; le comte son fils fust toujours emprès lui, tant qu'il rendit l'ame et qu'il fust expiré.
On 15th June 1467 Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 70] died. His son Charles [aged 33] succeeded Duke Burgundy.
On 23rd June 1467 the Tournament was brought to a premature close following the announcement of the death of the [his son] Bastard's [aged 46] father Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [deceased].
On 11th December 1471 [his former wife] Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy [aged 74] died.
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